Welcome to Crafts4Kids - GreatGifts4Kids!

Crafts4Kids the best online kids toy shop for unique Children’s Creative Toys, Educational Toys and Kids Activity Toys - as seen on Toy Shop UK we are the gift shop for all your Kids Presents needs - see our Customer Reviews.

Welcome to Crafts4Kids GreatGifts4Kids full of Gift Ideas for Boys and Girls from the Ages of 1 Year Old through to Teenagers; our ideas for fabulous and unique Presents for Children are a pleasure to give and for kids to recieve! We also have literally hundreds of kids creative and activity toys to keep the boys and girls amused all year around.

April: Our great mid-season sale has started with great discounts on toys and gifts for children throughout April. Also welcome to the really beautiful craft supplies for children range from lovely Eeboo that really are a cut above the rest!

March; Welcome to Clara Creates the fabulous sew a soft toy range made here in the UK that offer a lovely way for children to learn to sew.

Feb: Welcome to our new range of music toys for toddlers and younger children from wonderful Djeco beautifully painted wooden musical toys.

January 2014: with the new Djeco Magic Gift Sets due to arrive any day read more about why learning Kids Magic Tricks is so good for a child's development.

16 October 2013: Crafts4Kids and GreatGifts4Kids have become one! We hope by bringing together these two quality online shops for children's toys and lifestyle products we will be able to offer a truly unique range of gifts and presents for children of all ages - ideal for all the Xmas gift shopping!

13 October 2013: the Djeco selection of children's wall stickers, hanging mobiles, 3D paper decorations and girls and boys lampshades are the cheap and easy way to add soem design falir to a childs bedroom or family playroom - see how they will look in real life with the fabulous room setting images now on display in our Djeco Decor range. Djeco mobiles and decorations make unique Christmas gift ideas for children to dress up their space!

26 September 2013: Many Children are fascinated by space and many will be studying space at school. Why not explore the night sky with your children and take the opportunity to learn a bit more about it yourself too.

19 September 2013: The brilliant Teifoc Building Toys range is back at Crafts4Kids; this unique construction toy range for children uses real mini clay bricks and roof tiles to build miniature models of houses. Endlessly reusable Teifoc now comes in really robust packaging and they make absorbing activity toy gifts for boys and girls alike.

17 September 2013 : With the weather getting colder you may need to be a bit more persausive to get your children out in the fresh air. Its great to be able to encoura an children to have an interest in nature.Try introducing your children to birdwatching with a set of childrens binoculars or a project to build a bird house.

4 September 2013 :Looking for a good family day out? Why not try your nearest aquarium? Whether you go to enjoy the beauty of the marine life or use it as an opportunity to increase your childs understanding of their environment there is no doubt that Aquariums are in our Top Ten things to do with Kids.

3 September 2013 : Creating family fun is normally a very simple task! Keep things simple and you and your kids can enjoy a good giggle together without them knowing that they are learning things. Cooking with Kids is a perfect example.

5 August 2013 : If you are looking for best selling toys for gifts for younger children then you'll love our new 15% Off Melissa & Doug best sellers - brilliant toys now at bargain prices!

1 August 2103 : Family games are a good way of spending time together but with a spread of childrens ages it is not easy to find something that works for everyone. A Crafts4kids Mum recommends getting the family involved in Circus Tricks

3 July 2013: The lovely new Rosie Flo's Pool Party is a great gift idea for the school summer holidays recommended by highly acclaimed Anorak Magazine and the Daily Telegraph this colouring playset is fabulous creative and imaginative play fun.

June 24th 2013 : Crafts4Kids scoops Silver in the Loved by Parents Awards 2013 for the fabulous Dress Your Doll range for children to cut, sew, dress and play with their fashion dolls.

It's all about new products this month with the lovely new Seedling Toys here, brilliant Nanoblocks the micro sized building block construction toys for older children taking off and the lovely daisy chain headbands perfect for the summer. Now we are just waiting for the new activity toys from fabulous Little Experience! And well, of course, there is the Toy Sale - great cheap toy bargains to be had right across the Crafts4Kids range including Djeco, Melissa and Doug and many more great toy brands. Don't forget to look at our children's Travel Toys range for those of you getting ready to pack those bags.

June 17th 2013: Crafts4Kids is delighted to welcome fellow award winning brand Articulate Frames to our range of Art and Craft Gifts for Children - these brilliant gallery style picture frames are the perfect stylish display solution for all those paintings, drawings and collage pictures the kids create where everyone can see and enjoy them!

June 6th 2013: Crafts4Kids made it into the published Shortlist for the 2013 Junior Awards Magazine Best Online Retailer Category - thank you to all the judges as we know the competition was very stiff this year. “Bravo - we’re proud that one of our products can be associated to that”. David Sainte-Cluque, Djeco

June 5th 2013: Very excited to have been listed by the Let Toys Be Toys Campaign Team as an example of good practice in the retailing of toys as gifts for children, Crafts4Kids trys hard to avoid gender stereotypes in the kids toys and gifts that we stock in our book passions and interests are what should drive a childs choices so if the girls want science toys and the boys want sewing kits we are all for it!

May 2013: Dress Your Doll the fabulous range for sewing clothes for fashion dolls such as Barbie Dolls has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 Loved by Parents Awards for the Best Art and Creative Activity. This fantastic sewing and fashion design range for children is found exclusively online in the UK at Crafts4Kids.

May 2013: Crafts4Kids welcomes Paperpod Cardboard Playhouses and Cardboard Toys to its range of design-led and eco-toys brands for children - cardboard rocket ships, dens, cars and planes and a lot more!

April 2013: A great big welcome to two new childrens toy brands; firstly Dress Your Doll the brilliant Fashion Desiger Toy and Sewing Kits range for children to make fabulous clothes that fit fashion dolls such as Barbies and secondly to the super cool Lego Stationery range for children of all ages.

We were very excited here at Crafts4Kids when we were shortlisted for the Junior Magazine Design Awards 2012 in the best childrens online toy and gift shop category - we were even more delighted to have made the Shortlist for the 2013 awards too!

We are having fun loading some of our new products such as loads more new Kids Science Kits and Childrens Chemistry Sets from Thames & Kosmos, the lovely Fashion Drawing Toys from TopModel that will appeal to girls we expect, the brilliant construction toy for the sustainable conscious Makedo, the fun Animal Colouring Book for younger children from Licorice and much more - keep watching this space for new, innovative and design led childrens toy gifts online.

Crafts 4 Kids are always seeking ways to bring great gift ideas for children at affordable prices on great toy brands so welcome to our new Melissa & Doug Sale and Djeco Sale offers where you will permanetly find great offers and discounts on these two favourite toy brands.

We are turning our heads to the 2013 trade fair season to look out for the best new presents and toy ideas for children as well as Christmas Gifts for Children in 2013 - as our regular customers know, here at Crafts 4 Kids we are not great fans of plastic, electronic toys but rather favour interactive, educational toys that are offer a slower pace of life. We will have our eyes peeled for the next toy award winners and new childrens gift brands to keep the Crafts4Kids and GreatGifts4Kids range fresh and relevant as well as trying out the new products from our favourite brands.

Over the years Crafts4kids have discovered some of the most amazing suppliers of beautifully designed Childrens products and restricting ourselves to the Children's Creative & Educational Toys has become impossible – our range on Crafts4kids has grown well beyond its original creative boundaries into simply great unique gifts for kids, infact anything that we think would make a truly lovely gift for a child.

Why Crafts4Kids Loves Djeco

Djeco offer exquisite children's toys that inspire childrens learning through play, currently taking the UK by storm this French Brand uses professional artists to create unique, high quality creative toys that are a pleasure to give to children. All Djeco Art and Crafts Kits use artist quality materials and are beautifully designed as well as developing a childs creative skills. Crafts4Kids has one of the largest range of Djeco toys in the UK including pretend play kitchens, Djeco play food toys, Djeco Art, Djeco Toddler Toys, Djeco Puzzles, Djeco Origami, Djeco Beads and Jewellery Kits, Djeco Clay Modelling, Djeco Kids Stencils, Djeco Stitching Cards, Djeco Magnetics and Djeco Party Products for children. All Djeco Toys are beautifully packaged so are ideal children's educational and creative toy gifts! Read more about the amazing childrens brand Djeco here.

Why Crafts4Kids Loves Melissa & Doug

Melissa and Doug children's toys are great quality, educational learning toys and Crafts4Kids has one of the largest ranges of this award winning toy brand in the UK. Melissa Doug Kids Wooden Puzzles, Wooden Play Food and Kitchen Toys for pretend play fun, Magnetic Dress Up Dolls, Ink Stamp Printing Sets, Role Play dressing up costumes, Fold and Go Dolls House play sets and the Melissa & Doug Kids Arts and Crafts supplies such as the Deluxe Easel are all best selling lines along with the great value Kids Sticker Books. Melissa and Doug award winning toys make great children's gifts. The Melissa & Doug range of Sunny Patch outdoor toys for children are available too and right now Crafts4Kids has 20% off selected Melissa & Doug toys!

Why Crafts4Kids loves Sticky Mosaics

Crafts4Kids offers one of the widest range of Orb Factory Sticky Mosaics online in the UK; these fun mosaics by number kits for younger children include My First Sticky Mosaics for children aged 3 to 5 years, Sticky Mosaics Singles ideal as kids party bag gifts or stocking fillers, and the original Sticky Mosaics Kits that make perfect presents for girls and boys aged 5 to 9 years old. New Orb Factory Sparkle Ups are lovely make your own jewel sitckers kits for girls. All Sticky Mosaics are excellent educational learning toys and a good alternative to traditional childrens jigsaw puzzles or painting by numbers kits and ideal children's gifts and party bag toys.

Why Crafts4Kids Loves Oskar & Ellen

Choose from the widest range of Oskar and Ellen toys online in the UK at Crafts4Kids - these beautiful soft toys are all hand sewn and made to an ethical, fair trade agenda. There are lovely animal dressing up sets with animal hats and tails that are easy to put on and take off - great for fancy dress parties and getting into character for pretend play. The Oscar and Ellen soft toys for toddlers offer great potential for imaginative play - all made in soft cloth and beautifully detailed there are tea sets and play food gifts and beautiful play sets such as the pirate ship, toy rocket and teepee playsets and the pretend vanity set toy and fairy cottage. All washable and great presents for the special children in your lives.

Crafts 4 Kids are delighted to have 2 new girls jewellery making kits from the fabulous MyStyle Craft range including their great string Friendship Bracelets Kit. News hot off the press is that the MyStyle Craft jewellery making range for girls has won this years best new creative toy award at the 2013 Toy Fair.

We all love to get something for nothing so Crafts4Kids is really pleased to announce the arrival of its Kids Competitions Page, free to enter and you might just win some fabulous creative and educational toys for the children!

New to Crafts4Kids is the delightful toy brand Seedling - beautifully designed toy gifts for boys and girls that encourage children to use their imagination and develop their creativity. Also added to the range are Kids Apron sets with oven gloves and hats from great brands such as Egmont Toys and Oskar and Ellen.

The Buttonbag Mouse House has won the best kids art and crafts toy and Carddies have been highly commended in the Junior Magazine Design Awards 2012 and who have now added the Toy Talk Best Travel Toy Award 2012 to their haul of awards - buy both of these award winning toy brands online at Crafts4Kids.

Crafts4Kids really is the best place for the discerning shopper to find unique and cool kids gifts online - so much more on offer for presents for your children than on the high street and in your local toy shop. Crafts 4 Kids always likes to highlight home grown talent so look out for our Best Of British collection of childrens toys and gifts online that have been designed and produced by a UK company - these small businesses are working to create fun and educational toys for children and here at Crafts4Kids we are proud to support them.

We have added several new brands to the Crafts4Kids online range of quality toy brands offering gifts for children - these include Aquarellum the fabulous kids art sets that are so much better than traditional junior painting by numbers, Red Toolbox the real woodwork and carpentry kits for children to make with adults that are real memories just waiting to be happen, Magic Choc the fabulous and delicious chocolate that you can mould which is a great party activity and Easter Egg alternative for Kids as well as a great gift, the fantastic Rorys Story Cubes games range that develops creative thinking in children, the Cooking Club for Kids baking sets and kids cookery sets for children made of high quality materials, Thames and Kosmos the award winning and highly educational science kits for kids, MyStyle Craft the jewellery making kits for girls that create fashion accessories they actually want to wear, Crafty Nana sewing and craft kits for older children and Scribble Downs the fun transfer stickers sets! Crafts4Kids has continued to expand popular kids toy brands with new creative toys in the Djeco range, new 4M Window Mosaics and lots of additions to the Sticky Mosaics range including the lovely Sparkle Ups which make reusable childrens stickers, a whole new selection of new Cushion Kits from Sparrowkids, new science experiment sets from award winning Wild Science range from Interplay, lots of new magic set for kids ideas from Ridleys House of Fun and Magnet Toy ideas and lots of new titles from award winning toy brand Klutz Books. Finally, along with lots of new products in our Melissa and Doug range including the fun outdoor toys from their Sunny Patch range, Crafts 4 Kids were really pleased to be one of the first UK online toy shops to stock the brand new Scratch Art lines from Melissa & Doug. Happy browsing at Crafts4Kids!

Educational & Learning Toys Online Toy Shop

Child Development is a serious business but it can also be great fun - finding ways to indulge in the passions and interests of your children and explore that interest through different creative and constructive toys and experiences keeps learning fresh and pleasurable.

At Crafts4Kids.co.uk we focus on providing only high quality, childrens educational toys and creative toys for kids all of which have been especially selected to satisfy children's natural creative and imaginative drive and to develop their personal skills and talents. If you are looking for a quality educational toys to give as childrens gifts then Crafts4Kids offer a wide range of carefully chosen kids learning toys (including many award winning toys and eco toys) all at great value prices and supplied with great customer service so you can buy with confidence.

Creative Toys & Activities

At Crafts4Kids.co.uk online toy shop you will find a very wide range of children’s creative toys and kids craft kits - if you are looking for children's gifts for kids who love art and crafts then our range includes children's art sets such as kids easel, kids painting by numbers sets, childrens colour by numbers, kids stickers, art drawing sets, kids colouring books, childrens transfers stickers, art stencils for kids, kids printing and rubber stamp sets, modelling clay for children and mosaics for children. Looking for kids crafts then Crafts4Kids offer kids sewing toys and kids sewing kits, childrens knitting kits, kids fashion design games and toys, jewellery making kits, wood craft kits, childrens clay, origami for kids and childrens paper modelling, girls beauty kits to make their own soaps and make up and construction toys and kids building toys for boys – plenty of learning toys to inspire both girls and boys from aged 3 years right up to teenagers.

Educational Toys and Games

It is great to give children gifts with development value - Crafts4kids offer a fabulous collection of educational toys from traditional kids board games and children's educational learning games including kids learning games, memory games for children, educational kids jigsaw puzzles, games involving words and numbers through to fridge magnets and magnetic games for children. Educational toy favourites come out of the cupboard over and over again providing excellent family value with the satisfaction that the kids are learning too! With beautifully designed contemporary versions of classic educational children’s wooden toys, games and childrens puzzles, many manufactured ethically making them true eco-friendly toys, you will be spoilt for choice looking for kids gifts at Crafts4Kids!

Activity & Discovery Toys

If you have kids who love to be outside then the Crafts4Kids range of outdoor games for kids, kids outdoor toys, beach games and sand toys, kids teepees, kids nature kits and children's discovery toys will inspire your child to get out and about to investigate all the life forms around them in the garden and beyond. Looking for children's gifts with an environmental flavour then explore Crafts4Kids nature kits covering subjects such as pond dipping and bug catching or look at Crafts4Kids kids gardening tools and kids garden sets including the classic childrens wheelbarrow - lots of kids gifts that give an incentive to the children to get outside and away from the TV or computer screen. For children with an emerging interest in all things scientific Crafts4Kids offer a wide range of kids science kits and Chemistry Sets - great educational toy gift ideas and a way to build on the knowledge gained at school - Crafts4Kids kids science kit range embraces mechanics and engineering, electricity, environmental sciences and physics and chemistry. From children’s chemistry sets, a kids microscope, wood modelling kits, spy kits for kids you will find our science kits for children kits designed to appeal to girls and boys!

Imaginative Play

At Crafts4Kids we love pretend play and imaginative play toys that offer role play potential; our wide range of toddler toys and pre-school toys includes wooden play food, play kitchen toys, tea set toys, childrens dressing up costumes and kids fancy dress outfits and much more. Why not combine creative play and imaginative play with puppets for children or buy a toy theatre - alternatively build scale houses for kids play scenes and model railways with wood craft kits - or decorate cardboard toys and cardboard playhouses - or escape with a magnet toy or make clothes for paper fashion dolls - or cook something tasty up with wooden play kitchen toys, cooking toys, tea set toy and wooden play food...the list of kids gifts options goes on and on - with a great offering of childrens wooden toys and imaginative play toys there is certainly plenty to choose from!

Kids Party Supplies

Need children’s Party Activities and ideas for girls and boys Party Bag Toys gifts? Creative activities have always been a great way to keep a group of excited children calm and content at a birthday party – for some of the time at least! Crafts4Kids offer a range of themed party games and craft party activities that are ideal for children’s birthday parties and a wide range of girls and boys party bag toys (we do confess to not being great fans of traditional childrens party bags and therefore Crafts4Kids offers a wide range of creative toys priced at £5 and under that are ideal as a kids party bag alternatives and their is plenty for boys and girls alike) - Crafts4Kids also have a wide range of kids gifts priced between £5 and £10 that are ideal to take as gifts for the birthday girl or boy too.

The Very Best Brands

Crafts4kids the UK online toy shop and educational toys specialist are fussy about the children’s brands and toy products selected; each must meet our criteria of great design and quality, offering genuine skill transference, meeting current health and safety standards and of course being brilliant fun! Crafts4Kids is increasingly focusing on the ethical manufacture of our product range and actively seek children’s eco toys that use recycled materials, vegetable based inks and keep the use of plastics to the bare minimum – if you are looking for a children's gift that cares for the environment too then look at Crafts4Kids collection of ethical and fair trade toys to see our favourite eco-friendly toys from brands such as Kid Eco Cardboard Toys, Clever Box Club, Timberkits, Rosie Flo, Buttonbag, Walachia, Sparrowkids, Oskar & Ellen, Seedlings and Flights of Fancy.

Crafts4Kids is highly conscious of the impact on the environment that toy production can have and we take care not to stock brands that we feel do not take this seriously either, more and more of our toys and gifts for children are ethically produced and we now have a wide range of Eco Toys on offer.

Customer Service

Crafts4Kids is based in the UK in rural Nottinghamshire we take great pride in the customer service we offer so enjoy shopping for your Children’s Gifts safe in the knowledge that Crafts4Kids.co.uk offers many benefits such as rapid dispatch with orders received by 12am shipped the same working day, express delivery if required, no hassle returns, safe shopping via SSL technology, great customer service (see the feedback from Crafts4Kids customers!), gift wrapping service and delivery to alternative destinations, plus a friendly voice at the end of our dedicated customer advice line (0845 680 4484). See our great customer reviews to reassure yourself that you are dealing with a genuinely service focused online toy shop.

Great Prices

Crafts4Kids online kids gift shop offers great prices for the quality toys and games we stock and our shipping rates are highly competitive - look out for our special offers and our Toy Sale which we regularly run and the current Free Shipping Offer. Crafts4Kids offer exclusive discount codes to regular customers so if you want to receive these please sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook.